About SON

School of Nursing

Welcome Message from the Dean

Welcome to the Saint Xavier University School of Nursing! Founded in 1935, with over
5229 graduates, our tradition is one of ensuring excellence in nursing. We uphold
our commitment to a Culture of Intentional Caring that distinctively enhances student
learning and professional development. The School of Nursing has embarked upon a strategic
plan that will guide our priorities and initiatives while we continue to focus on
our vision:

...we will create a learning community responsive to a changing and challenging 21st
century healthcare environment. Building on faculty scholarship and clinical expertise
and forming collegial relationships and strategic partnering, we will continue our
tradition of preparing excellent nurses who will practice in a variety of professional
roles.

The Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing
Health (IOM, 2010) punctuates the need for nurses to practice to the full extent of
their education. The recommendation to increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate
degree from 50 to 80 percent by 2020 is one that aligns itself with the School of
Nursing's mission which aims to foster scholarship, compassion and lifelong learning
through innovative and creative educational models.

The School of Nursing promotes lifelong learning as integral to the professional nursing
role and we encourage our nursing students to become lifelong learners -- leading
not only in thought but by example. Many of our faculty members have doctorate degrees
in nursing while others are engaged in the pursuit of earning a doctoral degree. Faculty
are excited to incorporate their own educational experiences in the classroom, instilling
the value of higher education in an undergraduate student population where sixty-five
percent of students represent the first generation in their families to attend college.
In addition to our faculty sharing the value of higher education with our students,
our graduates also lead by example, practicing as advanced practice nurses and maintaining
leadership positions nationally and internationally with deanships, executive positions
in healthcare agencies and other universities.

At Saint Xavier University's School of Nursing, we are creating a learning environment
that encourages our students to meet a changing and challenging healthcare environment
with education as the means to make a difference in the lives of millions. As a National
League for Nursing Center of Excellence, a designation held by only 17 schools in
the nation, we instill within our students a belief that providing excellent care
is not just an aspiration but an expectation. We guide our students to strive for
excellence with the understanding that good enough is never good enough - especially
now as nurses are being called to lead in the transformation and advancement of healthcare
in America.

It is definitely an exciting time to be a nurse and we are excited that you are considering
our School of Nursing to help you make your goals something more that will not only
change your life but the lives of so many others you will encounter in your career.

Warm Regards,

Gloria JacobsonDean of the School of NursingWarde Academic CenterPhone: 773-298-3706Email: jacobson@sxu.edu